State of Wonder tells the story of Miranda, a scientist who works for a big pharmaceutical company. After her colleague Anders has died in the Amazonian rain forest, the company sends her to find out what has happened to Anders and how advanced the research of Dr. Swenson, the former mentor of Miran...
Dr. Marina Singh is stunned to hear that her lab mate, Anders Eckman has died after travelling to the Amazon on company business. Pushed by her boss and compelled ny Anders wife, Marina undertakes her own trip into the jungle to learn the details of why Anders died and to finish the job he for which...
Maybe 'State of Wonder' is the fact that she kept me predicting the ending that was about to happen and then upset my expectations so I'd think "Wow, how is she gonna pull that off?" all the way through the book, but then every time she pulled it off and I'd just be in a state of wonder.
What a journey this book takes you on. Deeper and deeper, coiling the tension, or, more often, taking a turn you'd barely had the wherewithal to anticipate. The story is clearly modeled on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, except I really liked it. ;) A pharmaceutical company is developing an imp...
State of Wonder is an excellent, character-driven, imaginative, inspirational story and, in my opinion, Ann Patchett's best to-date. Set mostly in the Amazon jungle it does evoke the emotional moving of that exotic place, but in a grounded, gritty, realistic way. It is nuanced with many levels and...
State of Wonder, the magical new novel by Ann Patchett, begins with news of a death. Anders Eckman, a big blond Minnesotan, has died in the Amazon. He was sent there by the pharmaceutical company for which he worked to track down a research team led by a single-minded and eccentric doctor who is doi...
This one is off to a slow start. Too cerebral? I'll give it a few more chapters before I say uncle. It's a month later and I'm still struggling to stick with this book. Since it's Patchett, I'm expecting a big payoff if I hang in there. So many books, so little time. If I weren't taking the ...
Dr. Marina Singh works for a pharmaceutical company, her lab partner Dr. Anders Eckman who is doing research in the Amazon is pronounced dead. Dr. Singh tries to comfort his widow but Mrs. Eckman is not convinced her husband is dead and urges Dr. Singh to make the trip to the Amazon to find out what...
I read this a long time ago for book club and can't figure out why I didn't add it to my list. Unless it was lost somehow. Anyway, since it is not fresh in my memory I can only go on impressions remaining. Kind of reminded me of The Heart of Darkness in the description of the river and the journey t...
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